Summary of Nicotine Addiction Morristown TN

The most common form of nicotine dependence is associated with the inhalation of cigarette smoke. Pipe and cigar smoking, tobacco chewing and the use of snuff are less likely to lead to nicotine dependence. This article, therefore, focuses on cigarette smoking as the primary agent of nicotine addiction.

Cherokee Health Systems
(423) 586-5032
815 West 5th North Street
Morristown, TN
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(423) 586-5032
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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New Hope Recovery Center
(423) 581-2411
233 West Main Street
Morristown, TN
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Substance abuse , Detoxification
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Outpatient

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Cherokee Health Systems
(865) 993-4300
1285 Highway 11 West
Bean Station, TN
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(865) 993-4300
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Cherokee Health Systems
(423) 623-5301
215 Hedrick Drive
Newport, TN
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(423) 623-5301
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center
(901) 523-8990x5448
1030 Jefferson Avenue
Memphis, TN
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Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
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Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Perceptions
(423) 317-0057
807 West 1st North Street
Morristown, TN
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Substance abuse
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Hospital inpatient, Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
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DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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Cherokee Health Systems
(423) 587-7337
6350 West Andrew Johnson Highway
Talbott, TN
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(423) 587-7337
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Outlook
(423) 613-8324
211 Woodlawn Avenue
Newport, TN
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Substance abuse
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Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)

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Mountain Valley Mental Health Center
(423) 942-3961
215 Hickman Road
Jasper, TN
Hotline
(800) 704-2651
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
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Outpatient
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Cumberland Heights
(615) 353-4305
145 Thompson Lane
Nashville, TN
Hotline
(800) 646-9998
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Adolescents
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Summary of Nicotine Addiction

Nicotine Addiction is a well-known among the teen community. Nicotine dependence can be successfully treated. The drug ‘Nicotine’ is a psychoactive drug with effects that reinforce tobacco use even though known harmful health effects. Family physicians are in an excellent position to promote both smoking cessation and smoking prevention. Nicotine is a psychoactive agent whose continued use usually leads to addiction. The pharmacologic and psychologic processes that determine nicotine addiction are similar to those that determine addiction to other drugs, such as heroin and cocaine. The most common form of nicotine dependence is associated with the inhalation of cigarette smoke. Pipe and cigar smoking, tobacco chewing and the use of snuff are less likely to lead to nicotine dependence. This article, therefore, focuses on cigarette smoking as the primary agent of nicotine addiction.

Cigarette smoking may be responsible for as many as 350,000 deaths annually in the United States, representing 18 percent of all deaths. Total costs of smoking-related health care and lost productivity amount to approximately $65 billion each year.

Despite escalating cigarette consumption worldwide, U.S. smoking rates are declining. Consumption reached a peak in the early 1960s, when 42 percent of adults smoked (52 percent of men and 34 percent of women). Per capita consumption began to drop after 1964, when the U.S. Surgeon General reported tobacco use to be a major health hazard. Currently, 26...

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